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<h3>Topic: <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html">Make `CONTRIBUTING.md` into a series of tu compiler-team#296</a></h3>

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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198631229" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> triagebot <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198631229">(May 25 2020 at 03:41)</a>:</h4>
<p>A new proposal has been announced <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/296">#296</a>. It will be brought up at the next meeting.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198689031" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Dylan MacKenzie (ecstatic-morse) <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198689031">(May 25 2020 at 17:28)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116266">@Santiago Pastorino</span> <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="198054">@mark-i-m</span>  I think discussion is supposed to take place here rather than on GitHub.  </p>
<p>I think the first step to do this would be editing the sections in the "Getting Started" section of the dev-guide to make them a bit more linear (e.g., do this, run that, push to Github) while moving the more detailed bits later in the guide. This part doesn't really need compiler-team input. Only the final stage does, where we would replace <code>CONTRIBUTING.md</code>.</p>
<p>It seems like something like this has been on your radar for at least a while, and it seems to be well-received, so what do I need to do to get things started? Are we at the "PRs welcome" stage?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198702421" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198702421">(May 25 2020 at 21:06)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="118594">@ecstatic-morse</span></p>
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<p>make them a bit more linear (e.g., do this, run that, push to Github) while moving the more detailed bits later in the guide</p>
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<p>I think this sounds pretty much like what <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116266">@Santiago Pastorino</span> and I were thinking. IMHO, a PR would make sense from the rustc-dev-guide side. I think we wanted to do this regardless of what happens to CONTRIBUTING.md</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198703228" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198703228">(May 25 2020 at 21:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>agree with <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="198054">@mark-i-m</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198826797" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198826797">(May 26 2020 at 21:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>I tend to agree that CONTRIBUTING.md just feels like it's duplicating rustc-dev-guide</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198826804" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198826804">(May 26 2020 at 21:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>particularly since we are now managing library impl...</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/198826813" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#198826813">(May 26 2020 at 21:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>I'd be happy to second the proposal</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/200463986" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> triagebot <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#200463986">(Jun 10 2020 at 19:21)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-group-mention" data-user-group-id="492">@T-compiler</span>: Proposal <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/296#issuecomment-642207897">#296</a> has been seconded, and will be approved in 10 days if no objections are raised.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/201191048" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mark-i-m <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#201191048">(Jun 17 2020 at 19:46)</a>:</h4>
<p>I am proposing <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide/pull/753">https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc-dev-guide/pull/753</a>. I think it should be orthogonal to this MCP, but just wanted to make a note of it</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/201472801" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#201472801">(Jun 20 2020 at 10:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>(btw the zulip stream title here is somehow garbled so I was rather confused until I followed the GH link^^)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/201479776" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#201479776">(Jun 20 2020 at 14:30)</a>:</h4>
<p>We're limited to 60 characters total on Zulip topics so we just truncate</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/233931-t-compiler/major%20changes/topic/Make%20%60CONTRIBUTING.md%60%20into%20a%20series%20of%20tu%20compiler-team%23296/near/201506881" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/233931-t-compiler/major-changes/topic/Make.20.60CONTRIBUTING.2Emd.60.20into.20a.20series.20of.20tu.20compiler-team.23296.html#201506881">(Jun 21 2020 at 00:26)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116122">@simulacrum</span> What do you think of adding an ellipsis at the end so that it's clear that it was truncated?</p>



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